Originally published June 23 2005
Milk industry makes outrageous claims about milk and weight loss
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Rense.com quotes Robert Cohen's NotMilk newsletter, where Cohen writes about the dairy industry's newest campaign to get children to stop drinking fruit juice and drink more milk.
Based upon dairy industry lies, deceptions, and lobbying, the New Jersey assembly has banned the sale of candy and soft drinks from state schools while permitting the sale of ice cream in its cafeterias.
The study of 12,829 American children determined that those who consumed more than three servings of milk per day were 35 percent more likely to become overweight than those who drank little or no milk.
How about the additional dairy industry claim that fruit juice is responsible for America's obesity epidemic.
All of the above nonsense is brought to you by the National Milk Producers, who celebrate June's as National Dairy Month.
The average American receives nearly 12 times the amount of calories from dairy products (547 calories per person) each day as from juice (47 calories per person).
Milk and dairy foods are high calorie foods laden with saturated animal fat and cholesterol.
To help children maintain healthy weight, parents may be keeping sight of what's on their kids' plate, but they often overlook what's filling their glasses."
"Many parents don't realize that many fruit juices contain a lot of sugar and calories with relatively few nutrients in return.
Last year, the average American drank a total daily juice consumption of 3.23 ounces.
At the same time, the average American consumed the equivalent of 29.2 ounces per day of dairy.
Total calories each day from milk and dairy: 547 Total calories each day from fruit juice: 47 Milk also contains powerful growth hormones.
Apple juice is not concentrated into cheese or ice cream.
Twelve pounds of milk are required to make one pound of ice cream.
Their little bodies become large bodies after consuming a combination of high caloric, high fat food with growth hormones.
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